Cutting device



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CUTTING DEVICE Attorney c. M. MCCARTHY Filed May 17, 1947 Sept. 12, 1950 Patented Sept. 12, 1950 1 UNITED STATES PATENT 'OFFICE 7 1 2,521,862: ICUTTING DEVICE.

Charles McCarthy, Minneapolis, Minn. Application May 17, 1947, Serial No. 748,801-

This invention relates to a cutter bar structure. While the structure could have many applications, it i specifically described as a cutter for wire cloth or screen and is an improvement on the structure shown in applicants prior patent, No. 1,708,585, granted April 9, 192.9.*-

It is. an object of this invention to provide a cutter bar, a cutter movable'along said bar, an elongated member disposed above said bar and supporting said cutter, together with tensile resilient means, such as tensile coiled springs, adjacent'the ends of said bar and member for urging said member toward said bar and thus urging said cutter toward said bar. C

It is a further object of the invention'to provide a base member comprising a cutter bar, standards adjacent the ends of said base, an elongated bar above said base, a carriage movable on said elongated bar, a cutter mounted in said carriage and engaging said cutter bar, together with tensile resilient means, such as tensile coiled springs, connected to said base and elongated bar adjacent the ends thereof respectively for moving said elongated bar and cutter toward said base.

It is more specifically an object oithe invention to provide a base comprising .spaced elongated membersjoneof which forms ac'utter bar, stand ards at the ends of said base, an elongated bar disposed above said base, a carriage movable on said elongated bar, acutter carried by said car riage preferably in the shape of a cutter wheel 1 having a beveled edge, which edge is disposed These and other objects and advantages of the invention will be fully set forth in the following description made in connection with the accompanying drawings in which like reference characters'refer to similar parts throughout the several views and in which:

Fig. 1 is a view in side elevation of a cutter bar structure;

Fig. 2 is a partial view in vertical section taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 3, as indicated by the arrows;

Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken substantially on line 3'3 of Fig. 2, as indicated by the arrows; and

Fig. 4 is a vertical section taken substantially on line 4-4 of Fig. l, as indicated by the arrows.

Referring to the drawings, a device is shown comprising a base member Hi, and'while this might be variously formed, in the embodiment of the invention illustrated it is shown as formed lClaim. (Crier-7'1) of anglebars lfla having their horizontal flanges: diverging and spaced 2. short distance apart; the. same being connected by headed and nutted bolts v .H passing therethrough and through cylindrical; spacing members Ha disposed between bars Inc: Adjacentthe, ends ofbase ID are disposed stand j ards or upstanding members ['2 having their lower endsdisposed between bars Illa and connected thereto by spaced headed and nuttedbolts l3. Members 12 are offset, slightly at their upper ends and are provided adjacent their upper ends with elongated vertically extending slots IZw. Headed and .nutted bolts l4 extend through slots' I2a.'and through holes in an elongated member or bar 15 which extends between members i2 and; has its ends substantially' flush with the remote sides of members l2. Washers l8 are disposed beneath the heads of bolts l4 and in engagement with members l2. A carriage I3 is provided and while this might be variously formed, in the em'- bodiment or the invention illustrated it comprises; a plate l8m bent alongsubstantially its. medial line into semi-cylindrical form and having side portions 1 8b extending from said semi '-cylindrical portion in parallel relation. Bar 15 passes be I tween'said side portions IBb. Said side'portion's'" l8b have" their lower ends beveled and acutter. wheel'lais' disposed between said side portions. and journaled on a headed pin 20 passingthrough' said side portions 18b at right angles thereto and held therein in any suitable manner, as by the cotter pin 2i. Rollers 22 are disposed between the-side portions lilb and journaled on rivets 23 having heads at the outer sides of plates I232). The cutterwheel [9 has a beveled. edge portion and this portion is disposed between members ltd, one flat side of wheel l9 engaging against the-inner side of the vertical flange of one member Ella, which flange thus forms a cutter bar.

A lug 24 formed of l a small fiat plate is aper-- tured to have bolt l4 passtherethrough, said plate engaging the side of bar l5 and being engaged by the nut on bolt 14. There is one of the members 24 at each end of barl5. Lug 24 has a slot 24a therein extending at an angle,to the side of lug 24 and being open at said side. A lug 25 similar. in structure to lug 24 is secured to one of the bolts I3 at each end of base In. The slot 25a in lugs 25 has its open side directed downwardly while slots 2% have their open sides directedupwardly. A tensile coiled spring 26 has a ring or loop formed at one end and disposed in slot 24a. and has a ring or loop formed at its lower end and disposed in slot 25a. There is a spring 26 at each end of the base ill.

In operation the wire screen cloth or other material to be cut is disposed above the vertical flanges of bars ma. Cutter wheel is and carriage 18 will be at one end of base l9. With the material disposed, as stated, the operator now takes hold of the semi-cylindrical portion of carriage I 8 which constitutes a handle and moves the carriage longitudinally of bar i5, thus moving cutter wheel IS along the cutter bar formed by one of the members Mia, so that thernaterial is cleanly and easily cut. The cutter wheel l9 as well-as bar 55 and carriage I8 is urged downwardly by the tension of springs 26. The cutter wheel is thus kept in proper engaging relation to base Ill and the cutter bar. slots 12a. in the movement of bar 15.

It has been found that the tensile coiled springs placed in positionand'easily. removed when it is desired'to remove the carriag or cutter. Springs 25' give a more uniform tension throughout the length ofbar. i5 than did thesprings shown in thepatent. As carriage it moves toward one end of? base 18, the spring 26. adjacent said endis placed under greater tension than the spring at the opposite end and bar 55 thus has va, sort. of a rocking effect at its ends about bolt l4. The cutter wheel 19 isheld against members i Ba with substantially the same tension at all times. The tensile springs give a much more uniform tension than the compression springs shown in the patent; There is room for a longer spring and the tension can be. varied by swinging the lugs 2s and'25 about their oonnectingfpivotsl Whenlugs 2'4 and 25 are swung laterally theloops at the ends of'springs 25 can be pushed or wedged between said lugs and base portion um; and bar I5, respectively. The compression springsdo not have a sufficient range of compression. At times thepressure is too great and-atother times insufli'cient. It was diflicult to cut heavy material using the compression springs. The cutting wheel would lock.v The tensile springs have a considerable. range of-expansionand are 'struce turally and functionally a great improvement.

Thedevice. has been amply demonstrated in ac-v tual practice, found to be very successful and eflicientand is being commercially made.

Bolts i l move in 4 cured to said base and upstanding therefrom adjacent. the ends thereof and having elongated '50 It will of course be understood that various vertically extending slots adjacent their upper ends, a carriage movable on said elongated bar, a cutter wheel supported by and journaled in said carriage, and having a beveled edge, said wheel having its edge portion disposed against and cooperating with said cutter bar, headed and nutted bolts passing through said second mentioned bar andsaid slots whereby said bolts are movable vertically in saidzslots and said bar is movable vertically, lugsthrough which said bolts pass, said.

lugsv being normally clamped in position by said bolts but being swingable about said bolts when the nuts on said bolts are loosened, said lugs having open ended upwardly directed slots in one side thereof, tensile coiled springs having their ends disposed respectively in said slots, headed and nutted bolts extending through said base member, upwardly extending lugs through which saidbolts pass, said lugs having downwardly directed open ended slots therein in which the other ends of said springs respectively are held whereby said wheel isheld against said cutter bar with substantially uniform pressure and said. carriage and wheelcan be easily. moved throughout the length of said second mentioned bar.

' CHARLES M. MCCARTHY.

REFERENCES CITED The-following; references are of record inthe file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS I Date 2324323 Reynolds July 13, 1943' 

